Blyth's Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Reed Warblers and Allies (Acrocephalidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)

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Often mixed up with

In quizzes, players most often confuse Blyth's Reed Warbler with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.

Species	Mix-ups
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris How to tell them apart	44
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola How to tell them apart	38
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus How to tell them apart	34
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus How to tell them apart	16
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus How to tell them apart	6

Family

The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea. The species in this family are usually rather large "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below.

Order

A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …

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